A former Court of Appeal judge is among those announced today as Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) commissioners for the term 2016 to 2019.

"Mah Weng Kwai was a judicial commissioner of the High Court of Malaya and subsequently a judge of the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur in 2011," Suhakam chairperson Razali Ismail told a press conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Mah was elevated to the Court of Appeal on 21 September 2012 and retired in February 2015.